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Swansea City: Matos urges side to squeeze everything from season
21 February 2026 Off

Swansea City: Matos urges side to squeeze everything from season

By Total Football News

Swansea City boss Vitor Matos says motivation will not be a problem for his mid-table side after urging players to “squeeze everything” out of their season.

Matos was appointed in November amid fears of the Welsh club being dragged into a Championship relegation fight.

The Swans’ subsequent form under the ex-Liverpool coach then sparked talk of a push for the play-offs.

In reality, the ten point gap from the bottom

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Sheffield Wednesday: Championship side on the brink of historic relegation
20 February 2026 Off

Sheffield Wednesday: Championship side on the brink of historic relegation

By Total Football News

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder has said the prospect of relegating their cross-city rivals is “not in his thought process at all”.

The Blades fan, who is unbeaten in his seven games against the Owls, said he disagreed with the notion that his side, who are 15th in the table, should cruise to a win.

“We’ll have done more preparation on this game than we have on any game this

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Portsmouth 1-1 Southampton: Ebou Adams rescues a point for home side in derby
25 January 2026 Off

Portsmouth 1-1 Southampton: Ebou Adams rescues a point for home side in derby

By Total Football News

Portsmouth started the game well, pinning Southampton deep in their half as a boisterous Fratton Park crowd roared their team on.

But it was the Saints who had the best chance in the opening exchanges as Adam Armstrong was played in behind by Azaz but could not finish past Schmid, who made a crucial save with his legs.

Moments later they came close again with Armstrong sliding on to the

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Ryan Fraser: Southampton winger joins A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers
23 January 2026 Off

Ryan Fraser: Southampton winger joins A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers

By Total Football News

Southampton winger Ryan Fraser has joined Australian A-League side Western Sydney Wanderers.

The 31-year-old Scotland international, who won the last of his 26 caps in November 2022, has agreed a deal until the end of the current A-League season.

The former Bournemouth and Newcastle United winger had spent the past two-and-a-half years with the Saints.

He initially joined on a season-long loan in August 2023, helping Southampton win promotion back

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Birmingham sign left-back Wagner from MLS side Philadelphia Union
3 January 2026 Off

Birmingham sign left-back Wagner from MLS side Philadelphia Union

By Total Football News

Birmingham City have signed defender Kai Wagner from MLS side Philadelphia Union for an undisclosed fee.

The 28-year-old German left-back spent seven years in Philadelphia, collecting 63 assists, and is the Blues’ first signing of the January window.

He has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal at St. Andrew’sk.

“I’m a player who always tries to go forward and attack, but who also likes to defend,” he told the club’s website

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Are Portsmouth currently the worst side in the Championship?
3 December 2025 Off

Are Portsmouth currently the worst side in the Championship?

By Total Football News

Saturday’s opening 25 minutes was the worst I’ve seen from Pompey this season so far.

Until a pause for treatment for Nico Schmid and the opportunity for John Mousinho to rally his troops, we looked lost, slow and completely second best, albeit against a strong and talented Bristol City side.

Those in blue looked almost too determined not to be the one to make the costly error, and the Fratton

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Swansea City: What next for Vitor Matos’ struggling side amid mounting concerns?
1 December 2025 Off

Swansea City: What next for Vitor Matos’ struggling side amid mounting concerns?

By Total Football News

Former Swansea midfielder Owain Tudur Jones, speaking on Radio Wales before the West Brom defeat, said: “Anybody who’s looking at that table and thinking Swansea aren’t in trouble is fooling themself. It’s been a really bad run, a really poor few weeks which has led to the Swans being in this position.

“Three weeks ago, you were talking about them being only three points off play-offs, so things need

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Millwall 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Femi Azeez scores winner for home side
27 November 2025 Off

Millwall 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday: Femi Azeez scores winner for home side

By Total Football News

Wednesday were transformed from the side who surrendered so meekly in Sunday’s Steel City derby humiliation by Sheffield United at Hillsborough.

Barry Bannan had a left-footed curler saved by Max Crocombe before Millwall’s Kiwi goalkeeper produced a fine fingertip stop to touch away Bailey Cadamarteri’s 20-yard effort.

Yan Valery blazed over when he should have hit the target before Crocombe backpedalled furiously to touch away Bannan’s outrageous shot from just

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Man Utd 0-1 Everton: Ruben Amorim says his side are nowhere near the level they should be
25 November 2025 Off

Man Utd 0-1 Everton: Ruben Amorim says his side are nowhere near the level they should be

By Total Football News

Everton’s last visit to Old Trafford triggered Ruben Amorim’s infamous ‘the storm is coming statement’ even though his Manchester United side won 4-0.

Twelve months on, their visit brought more words of caution from Amorim about his side’s evolution that proved equally perceptive.

From a United perspective, the jaw-dropping clash between Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane can be forgotten beyond the knowledge it left them facing 10 men for 77

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